Local Denial of Service Vulnerability in grep by GNU
CVE-2015-1345

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Key Information:

Vendor: Gnu
Status: Grep
Vendor: CVE Published:; 12 February 2015

What is CVE-2015-1345?

The bmexec_trans function in kwset.c of grep versions 2.19 through 2.21 is susceptible to a local denial of service attack. By providing crafted input when using the -F option, local users can trigger an out-of-bounds heap read, leading to a crash of the application. This vulnerability poses a risk of service disruption for systems relying on these versions of grep.

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